Gardening Glossary

For many years Stocks have been a popular feature of beds, borders and cottage gardens across garden designs in Ireland. Their soft grey and green foliage and densely clustered flowering spikes are known to most landscape gardeners in Ireland. They have a lovely fragrance which hangs in the air around them and makes them a delight in any garden. Despite ... Read More »

Above all else, your garden is a place for flowers and flower design. This is one of the things that keeps landscapers interested in designing gardens. There are endless possibilities with designing your garden and you can have lots of fun doing so. In todays advice for Irish landscapers I will be talking about the Malope Flower. The Malope Flower ... Read More »

Like anything flowers go into and out of fashion. One minute every gardener is planting one variety then the next minute a new variety will be popular….thats life!  One of the flowers that fit this bill is the Malcolmia Flower or Virginia Stock. It is a really easy flower to grow and maybe it doesn’t give gardeners enough of a ... Read More »

In todays blog post we will be looking at the Lobelia Flower. You may have heard of this flower as it is quite popular amongst gardeners and landscapers in Ireland. In fact it is probably as poular as the Alyssum flower. The Lobelia will give you really impressive and long lasting flowers if you take care of it properly. Some ... Read More »

In the this blog I will be giving some landscapers advice and background information on the Linum flower. The Linum flower is also know by the name Flax. It looks gaunt as a single plant but when it is flowering in a large group it provides an impressive sight. If you plant this in your garden it can really look ... Read More »